Chelsey B. Anderson, CPO, PhD, is an Investigator in the Institute for Health Research. As a decision sciences researcher, she is dedicated to improving the health, quality of healthcare, and medical decision making for individuals and their families. Her research focuses on studying and improving shared decision making about healthcare treatments for pediatric populations and populations with disability. Dr. Anderson incorporates patient, family, and healthcare provider partnerships and co-production methods to ensure that interventions are valuable, relevant, and meet the needs of the people they serve. Her projects include developing decision support tools for people with lower limb amputation, investigating medical decision making for adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, and developing interventions that support and improve triadic medical shared decision making between adolescent patients, their families, and their healthcare providers.

Dr. Anderson completed her doctoral training in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and postdoctoral training through the Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Anderson completed her clinical degree in prosthetics and orthotics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and has over 10 years of clinical experience providing physical rehabilitation healthcare to young people and their families at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic Pediatrics Association, and the Society of Medical Decision Making. She also serves on the examination and exam writing committee for the American Board for Certification in Prosthetics and Orthotics, and she is a fellow in the American Academy of Prosthetists and Orthotists.